I was reading in Car Dealer magazine that some of the ousted manufacturers are absolutely livid and are considering a legal challenge. I don’t know if there’s any basis for this, but it just shows that the only winners are the haters of the Motability scheme.
My son works in the trade and there are certainly discussions amongst the major manufacturers to challenge the pay-per-view proposal due to the negative impact it will inevitably have on the government imposed targets for EV sales.
I’m not at all surprised. Manufacturers were already struggling with the EV targets before this spanner in the works. The lack of joined up thinking on this issue is staggering. Even though EVs will remain cheaper to run than ICE cars (as long as you can charge at home), it’s already quite bewildering and daunting for those of us who have spent decades just popping in to a petrol station for 5 minutes once every few weeks. The addition of the pence per mile charge (which is bound to increase beyond 3p per mile) is yet another factor to deter those who are already taking some convincing.
I read an article the other day that 38% of those considering switching to an EV for the first time were now reconsidering following the pence per mile charge announcement. I was already convinced prior to the budget that the 2030/35 cut offs were unachievable and would have to move, but just watch what happens to EV take up versus the ever increasing yearly targets now! It’s clueless economics.